Sunday, January 1, 2012

January 1st

As the new year begins we all find ourselves looking back over the one that disappeared so quickly and forward to the months yet to come at the same time. Or at least, we find ourselves attempting to. We all try to do the introspection thing, even if we only do it in the background noise of our minds while we're washing dishes or vacuuming or stuck in traffic. We ask ourselves questions like: Did I lose all the weight I wanted to this year? Did I get organized? Did I overcome my fear of social situations? Essentially all of these questions boil down to one: Did I succeed at making a difference, somehow?

For most people the answer is no. For most people, they look back on the year and see either stagnation or backward movement. For example, I gained 30 pounds (due to way too much overindulgence and way too little self discipline). I'm only slightly more organized than I was before, I didn't set any goals so I didn't really reach any, and I wasted a lot of time on TV.

This year is my year, though. As I've mentioned, I'm starting out the year with lots of stuff going right, and I'm determined that despite anything that goes wrong this year, I'm going to continue doing the things that matter to make things go right. For example, I'm developing self discipline this year and I'm going to get in shape (I will feel better if not completely satisfied when I no longer need time to catch my breath at the top of the stairs in someone's home). Organization definitely will become a forte of mine, my schedule will be booked up most of the time, and I will begin to really enjoy life instead of just watching it happen from the corners of rooms.

Uh...meatloaf meatloaf? With Jared being allergic to soy, the stuffing filler that the recipe recommended was out, as was tater tots, so we got frozen hash browns instead, not sure how it's going to work out. But we did find a soy free barbeque sauce.

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Hi, I'm Laura. I'm 23, and I'm a wife and business owner among other things. I love to learn and I love to share what I learn (and what I think about it!) with others, which is the purpose of these blogs. I hope you'll find something here enjoyable, useful, and maybe even helpful. I know I have!

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Favorite Quotes

"The important thing is to keep the important thing the important thing"

~Albert Einstein

"That's why they call it 'work' and not 'happy happy fun time'."

~Naomi

"Marriage is betting someone half of everything you'll ever own that you'll love them forever."

(Unknown)

The best use of your life is to so live your life that the use of your life outlives your life.

"We're all a little weird and life's a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours we get together and fall into mutual weirdness and call it love."

~Dr. Seuss

"More marriages might survive if the partners understood that sometimes the better comes after the worse."

~Doug Larson

Things my Husband says

"You think I'm being mean, but I'm just being the nicest person you've ever been in love with."

"Of course I'm good at kissing. You don't get married three times without being good at kissing."

"Just keep in mind: If you die, your worth and usefulness to me severely decrease."

"You've never microwaved a potato? You need to learn to be poor better."

"Tell you what: I'm going to get old 12 years before you will. So I'll tell you if it sucks, and then we'll plan accordingly."

"There are no white people working at Intuit!"

"I'll even borrow someone else's scalp so I can have hair!"

"Seducing a woman is like eating a chocolate rabbit. You start with the ears and work your way down from there."

"If I say you're going to get lost, you'll get all rebellious and find your way just fine."

"I declare it Famine and Pestilence day. Because anybody can declare any day any sort of day they want it to be. And tomorrow will be the celebration of the end of Famine and Pestilence day. So let it be written, so let it be done."

~Said the day before Thanksgiving

"Part of the reason you love me is because I'm crazy. After me, you'll never be able to love a sane person."

"If you were really sorry, you wouldn't have done it in the first place."

"You mean I need to buy groceries again? Keeping a wife-pet is expensive!"

"I'm going to go over here now and vacuum or something until you aren't spaghetti brained anymore."